Zach D.
A few (newbie) questions
Been reading a while and reading blogs, first time poster.
My wife and I bought our first house with Obama bucks back in 08. Happened to be in southwest Ohio and was an up and coming area. Fast forward 10 years and w...
Joseph Hernandez
Double Closes and Income Taxes
Newbie question. As a wholesaler, if I utilize a double close, how will this strategy affect my income taxes? What's the bottom line, will I pay more taxes than I would if I did a traditional real estate transaction? ...
Bill Turner
Landlord got foreclosed. What rights do tenants have
A neighbor that rents the next door town home an just found out that her landlord just got foreclosed on. She received no notice.
2 people came an tried to drill her locks.
She found out there are 2 mortgages and th...
Jeff Cooley
Trying to maintain health insurance while trying to be a full time REI
I am just curious as to how some of you seasoned investors maintain health insurance for yourself and your families? Are most of you "risking it", have spouses with insurance, paying outrageous deductibles ? I am stil...
Jason Lipovsky
REIT's plummet last week
It looks like the REITS were badly beaten up last week on the stock market. Apparently the fiscal cliff and proposed tax reform will have an impact on real estate going into 2013. Does anyone have any feedback of th...
Kirk B
Lawn Time! How do you handle your lawns?
Most of the landlords I talk to around here provide a lawnmower and gas and have the tenants maintain the lawn. This is in 1-4 family units generally. 5 and up they either pay a specific tennat or hire a professional ...
Praful S.
Orlando college park area
Hello BP community,I'm looking for some advice from someone local or familiar with the Orlando College Park area. I'm looking to buy a property in the area but the cash flow is almost to the point that I'm on the fenc...
Cal C.
Know the problems of your Target Market! Especially Turnkey Investors!
I can't overemphasize the importance of knowing what is going on politically, socially and crime-wise in your target markets. Let me give a quick example- Clayton County on the southside of Atlanta, lost its accredit...
Matt Forooz
Need Tenant Eviction help
Hi I'm in the process of putting an offer on a foreclosed house from bank but they cannot guarantee the tenants eviction. Any advice?this is in Southern California.
Petit Morne
$550 / mo rent on $10k condo???
Is $550 per month rent good for a $10,000 condo with $150 / month HOA?
Taxes are $350 per year or $30 per month.
Liability insurance should run $40 per month.
Property is good quality but in w...